“The University and the City. An Agenda for the New Century”

Programme

Pavia, September 9-10-11 2015The Conference, since the very beginning oriented towards an international perspective, is the first initiative of this kind organized in Italy. With the ambition to become a recurrent meeting, it aims at focusing the attention on the relationship between the Universities and their hosting Cities.As the dedicated scientific literature confirms, at stake are relationships of various types, touching different aspects and ranging from the urbanistic city-planning to healthcare, social and economic sectors.

The relations between the City and the University, moreover, change even to a significant extent according to the dimension of the urban context hosting universities and to the historical moment in which universities were established on the territory.

At the international level, in addition, the history of the relations between the University and the City also shows some peculiarities strongly connected to the continental area of reference. The European actuality , for instance, is different from the one of North America or from the one of Central and South America.

In the three days meeting several relevant themes and issues will be discussed, as well as concrete cases and experiences provided. This in order to highlight:
– The opportunities to reframe both the educational provision and the urban design on the basis of the communication of reciprocal needs
– How the continuous exchange and contact between the City and the University bears an array of advantages to the urban context of reference and to the population living in these areas.

16:00 – 18:00Keynote speeches• The university and the city in Europe, John Goddard, Newcastle University
• The university and the city in China, Peng Long, Rector Beijing Foreign Studies University
• The university and the city in Latin America, Edna Cristina Bonilla Sebá, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• The university and the city in The United States of America, Inga Saffron, The Philadelphia Inquirer

18:30 – 19:30Guided tourThe exhibition “1525-2015. Pavia, the Battle, the Future” displaying one of the renowned Flemish tapestry dedicated to the Battle of Pavia, provided by the Museum of Capodimonte; the exhibition is enriched by multimedia and 3D installations reconstructing the whole series of tapestries of the Battle and by an experimental room managed by the course of Computer Video of the University of Pavia.museicivici.pavia.it | vivipavia.it | youtube.com
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Panelists:
• Domenico Lovecchio, [ Abstract ] RUI Foundation and Eurostudent Italy
• Guido Maggioni, [ Abstract ] University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”
• Andrea Fiorini, President, National Council of University Students
• Carlo De Santis, President, ANDISU – National Association for the Right to Education
• Paolo Perrone, Mayor, City of Lecce and Vice President National Association of Italian Municipalities